Subject: It takes courage
to lead and sometimes it takes faith to follow
October 28, 2013
Hey y'all!!
That was such
a cool story about Brooke and the jokes and that Dad actually said them they were
pretty funny, I sure love Brooke and Jace and their sense of humor, it always brings
a smile to my face! :)
I hope Amb has
had a better week, I've been praying for you a lot sis!!
Well this week
was definitely better than last week, no one screamed or cussed us out so that's
good!! :) Sorry for being such a downer, I hate writing e-mails like that, luckily
they don't happen to often.
It's been kinda
slow work wise... We were doing so well just a couple of weeks ago investigators
wise but lately everyone is either to busy, won't answer the door, or has stopped
keeping commitments. But we had a couple of potentials pop up this weekend, hopefully
something will come of those!
We did a lot of
LA work again this week. We've been going through the ward list to see who we don't
know (which is still a lot!) and have made up a list of probably close to 30 people/families
so far who don't live here anymore. Come to find out some of them haven't lived
here for a few years haha yah that's kinda embarrassing, people look at you like
you're an idiot. Oh well though someones gotta do it. And this will save a lot of
time for future missionaries who come through.
On Tuesday we
headed down to Lakeway area for a bi-zone conference where Elder Lawerence Corbridge
(author of the 4th missionary Amb) from the 70 came and spoke to us. Oh. My. Heck.
It was SO GOOD! Geez I think one of my favorite things about him was how plainly
and simply he spoke to us. Also this is going to sound weird but I liked how he
wasn't that eloquent of a speaker, he stumbled over his words several times and
had kind of a stutter but he would always stop and close his eyes when that happened
and you could just see the revelation coming into his mind it was so cool! He talked
a lot about repetition and how important it is to drive home the gospel of Jesus
Christ in every lesson, those very basic truths. It's cool if you go through chapter
3 of Preach My Gospel in every lesson it touches on some aspect of faith, repentance,
baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end in every
section.
The leadership
of the mission got to have a separate meeting with him afterwards which was cool,
he talked a lot about how it's our job to set the example and to drive home the
basics to the missionaries we work with. I tell you what that saying, where much
is given much is required has never rang more true to me than these last few months.
There is so much that is expected of me as a missionary especially as a sister training
leader but I really have been so blessed from it and have learned A TON! Something I never really thought much of
myself as was a leader but Heavenly Father is teaching me otherwise, it's a very
humbling position to be in but I really do love it. I love making decisions (well
most of the time haha) and taking charge of things, delegating out, and working
together with other people to help those around me out.
I've really learned
a lot about leadership especially these last couple of transfers, I love my companions
but if I don't do something or delegate things out then things don't get done. Sometimes
I feel like I'm dragging 2 dead weights and have to constantly encourage and push
them to do something. Sister Fox isn't that way all the time but I always have to
be the one to have the final say of things or things won't get done... I am learning
more patience though and learning how to delegate things out to other people instead
of me just doing it all. They really are great just need some encouragement. :)
Trust and love is really what it comes down to if we don't have that then no changes
would happen.
We had two exchanges
this week with the Johnson City sisters and Abingdon sisters. This transfer is so
much better companionships wise, there really isn't any drama and everyone seems
to get along pretty well. Thank goodness! :)
We had our ward
Halloween party on Friday which was fun and we had several non-members there! Sister
Passey from the ward brought a friend and she said she told her afterwards, "I
am so lost." Sister Passey (former sister missionary) of course jumped on that
and said I know what can help, so she's going to ask her if she'd like to take the
discussions! She seems pretty promising! :) This ward is seriously incredible at
fellowshipping people and getting things done, I LOVE IT!
On my exchange
with Abingdon we went to their ward Halloween party too and Sister Van Wagoner and
I played boccee (sp?) ball against the stake president and another brother and we
smoked them! Haha it was fun, so I made my mark in Abingdon Virginia as a way good
boccee baller haha! :)
Life really is
going great, I just wish we were busier. That'll come in time though through our
faith and diligence.
Thought for the
week...
"If we humbly,
quietly trust in the Lord, He will give us strength and guidance in every challenge
we face. When our only desire is to please Him, we will be blessed with a deep inner
peace." ---Elder Porter (May 2013 Ensign)
I sure love and
miss y'all!! xoxoxo
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